Cotangens - examples

  1. Depth angle
    cliff From a cliff of 150 meters high, we can see the ship at a depth angle of 9° at sea. How far is the ship from the cliff?
  2. Pilot
    aircraft-02_12 How high is the airplane's pilot to see 0.001 of Earth's surface?
  3. Regular 5-gon
    5gon_2 Calculate area of the regular pentagon with side 7 cm.
  4. Building
    Taipei_101 How high is the building that throws horizontal shadow 95.4 m long at angle 50°?
  5. Q-Exam
    unit_circle If tg α = 0.9, Calculating sin α, cos α, cotg α .
  6. Aircraft
    aircraft The plane flies at altitude 6500 m. At the time of first measurement was to see the elevation angle of 21° and second measurement of the elevation angle of 46°. Calculate the distance the plane flew between the two measurements.
  7. Angle
    atan A straight line p given by the equation ?. Calculate the size of angle in degrees between line p and y-axis.
  8. Tree
    stromcek_1 Between points A and B is 50m. From A we see a tree at an angle 18°. From point B we see the tree in three times bigger angle. How tall is a tree?
  9. How far
    lighthouse_1 From the top of a lighthouse 145 ft above sea level, the angle of depression of a boat 29°. How far is the boat from the lighthouse?

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